Henry V is a play with so many layers, and such ambivalence, that it can suit a multitude of purposes. When Laurence Olivier made his film version in 1944, it was as a propagandist rallying cry, a reminder of what was at stake in a war that was far from won; 60 years later, Nicholas Hytner's modern-dress production at the National Theatre was a bullish anti-war statement, lent potency by the country's then current ex…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:08PM on June 14, 2012